Private Equity

Hands-on advice throughout your investment

While you’re pursuing deals, we’re on hand to help with anything you need. By deal count, we’re ranked #1 for global private equity by PitchBook and #1 for global M&A by Mergermarket. This experience and our global coverage mean we can spot issues early. We provide strategies and solutions that solve problems and get deals done.

Many of the world’s most active private equity sponsors consistently choose us. We also act for portfolio companies and management teams through all stages of the private equity lifecycle. And we support them with our 225+ private equity lawyers across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

“It is a very coordinated and strong team. Its members gel well and leverage each other’s areas of expertise to provide external advice that is cost effective and solutions-oriented.”

Client quoted in Chambers

We are well versed in the structures, processes and dynamics critical to bringing deals together, and we can handle your business in most jurisdictions. We help local clients access new markets and offer international clients in-depth, local knowledge.

Our industry knowledge allows for enhanced legal advice from lawyers who understand the business you are investing in.

Awards and recognition

Experience

DLA Piper has recently represented the following private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies:

ABRY Partners in connection with numerous platform acquisitions, add-on transactions and dispositions, including Sentry Data Systems, CloudWave and Benefit Recovery Group
Accel- KKR in connection with numerous platform acquisitions, add-on transactions and dispositions, including Seequent, Click Dimensions and Integrichain
Atlas Holdings in its acquisition of Foster Farms
August Capital on the investment into, bolt-on acquisitions for and exit from each of Westpoint, Vetpartners and Amtivo
Baird Capital in connection with numerous investments including the acquisition of ReMed Recovery Centers (Collage), the investment and subsequent sale of Hopebridge, and the strategic investment in Blue Matter Consulting
Beech Tree Private Equity in the acquisitions of Fluent Money Group, BCN Group, Transparity Solutions, Advanta Wealth, Avid Insurance and Learnlight Holdings
Bencis Capital Partners in the acquisitions of Nooteboom Textiles, Allpa Marine and PePe Parts
BlueGem in the acquisitions of Petromax and Pool Service
Bregal Partners in the acquisition of Juniper Landscaping and Bregal Sagemount portfolio company, Critical Start, in its leveraged recapitalization and portfolio company, GPS Insight, in its sale to Accel-KKR
The Carlyle Group and its portfolio company iC Consult Group in the acquisitions of ICSynergy and SecureITSource, and The Carlyle Group in the acquisitions of Dept, Livingston Technologies, Derive Logic, Cloud Optics and the Rhine hotel portfolio and on the sales of FRS Global,Evernex Group and bigmouthmedia
Centroid Investment Partners in its acquisition of TaylorMade Golf Company
Columbia Capital in connection with numerous platform and add-on acquisitions including the acquisitions of Everstream.ai, Hyperloop, Telarus, BluWave Technology, Summit Infrastructure Group, New Signature and Cloud Sherpas
EMK in the acquisitions of Broad HorizonBar, VDK and EyeCare and related add-on acquisitions across Europe
Fulcrum Equity Partners in connection with numerous platform acquisitions, add-on transactions and dispositions, including Freedom Healthcare, Summitt Spine and Five Points Healthcare
Hg Capital-backed Intelerad Medical Systems in several add-on acquisitions in the United States and the United Kingdom
ICV Partners in connection with numerous platform acquisitions, add-on transactions and dispositions, including Total Access Urgent Care and Cherry Tree Dental
LDC on the buy outs of Angus International, SRL Traffic Systems, SGI Compliance, Antler, Synexus Healthcare, Pure Cottages, Mitrefinch, Avantis Systems, Headland, Ashtons Hospital Pharmacy Services, Double Edge Professional Services, Foehn and Metaphor IT
LLR Partners in connection with numerous investments, including simultaneous acquisitions of Zwart and Agrinomix to form the Adept Ag platform, the leveraged recapitalization of Intellishift, and the leveraged acquisition of Dizzion
Mérieux in its investment in Group Serb, with additional investors Charterhouse Capital and Partners Group
MSouth Equity Partners in connection with numerous platform acquisitions, add-on transactions and dispositions, including Tachyon, Hire Dynamics and Southern HVAC
Shore Capital Partners in its acquisition of Moesle Meat Distribution and numerous other acquisitions
Stellex Capital Management in connection with numerous platform acquisitions, including its leveraged acquisitions of Morbark, MHI, Peltram Plumbing Holdings, and YYK, numerous add-on acquisitions by its portfolio companies, and several exit transactions including the sale of Morbark, MHI, and Paragon, as well as the investment in and exit of PLH Group
Sun Capital in the acquisitions of Wescom Signal & Rescue, CNC Holding, Allied Glass and Fletchers Solicitors
Symphony in the acquisitions of the Reputational Intelligence business of the Kantar Group, PRGloo, Digimind and Critical Mention
TA Associates portfolio companies Insightsoftware and Revalize in numerous add-on acquisitions throughout the world
Numerous management teams on PE exits and/or new share-based equity plans in connection with more than 90 recently completed transactions representing a combined enterprise value of over Euro 100 billion